An unexpected turn of events.

Have you ever felt the need for friends whom you can call very close to you? It is not always you can feel safe around them, your insecurities get in the way of trust and friendship. In real life, the so called friends are always a big mystery, they have a lot of thought going on their head, it could be you or someone else or even somethings that are only known to that person. It's hard to understand the level of conversation to make. I prefer to mostly avoid making any friends like that.

"Hey!! What's up buddy, going to school, let's walk together man, it's gonna be a great day ahead of us...". A loud pat on my back with this loud scream from my only friend whom I can say I understand better than most, but it's been hard to converse much, only day to day normal stuff. He is my childhood friend Takeshi, we have been in the same class since elementary school, amazing coincidence, but he has been like this the whole time, eccentric, optimistic and persuasive. I don't know how he can be so loud just shouting out this much, doesn't he get tired?.

"Ok...", I whispered. This is my usual response, does the job.

We walked together while he just kept on going about how he had a eye on a girl from the class and was planning to make a move today. I just listened and said "Ohh..." whenever required, well that was the best way to keep the conversation short. He didn't take the hint though, kept on going until we entered the class where he took his seat and had company with his neighbors. I like it like this when it's like this, it's really a pain to converse on topics I have never been to before.

I sat on my desk, it was the leftmost seat on the last but one column of the room, perfectly aligned to receive the best morning breeze from the window and keeping other people's attention away from me. As I was enjoying my morning breeze, I heard two girls talking about something, "...that guy chasing you again?, you can call me you know, I can show him not to mess with you again!!.", "No Ruri, it's fine I will take care of it somehow.", they were low but I was able to understand a bit of their conversation . They were Ruri and Kasumi from my class. Kasumi sits just next to me, but Ruri sits in the front. I just remembered Takeshi saying something about going to make a move on someone, he never really told her name now did he?

I went near him and patted on his shoulder, and he shouted " Hey, Ushio what's up bro?", that flickered me, I was frozen there for a second, and the class bell rang, and the homeroom teacher came in. I told him in a very low voice," I need to talk to you about something." I quietly went back to my seat. I don't know if they were talking about him or someone else, but I guess I do have ask him, whom he wanted to go for. I don't know if I am supposed to interfere in his personal life.

It was lunch break, I was about to meetup with him, but I couldn't find him in the classroom. I was a bit uncomfortable to approach him to directly anyways. I decided to just sit in the classroom and wait for him when he came back. I waited in the classroom lying on my desk looking at my lunch box, when I suddenly noticed those two girls were on the move. It was not really a move rather Ruri rushing to meet the guy they were talking about and Kasumi trying to chase after Ruri to try and stop her as it seemed. I didn't want myself to get much involved in it, but something inside me felt wrong about this. I couldn't help myself and followed them in the hope of able to find Takeshi and ask him myself what it was?.

I was behind the blind spots always, and jumped from one blindspot to another, the school corridor was having a lot of columns which helped me get behind those. I checked on them time to time and noticed Kasumi say something to Ruri, couldn't really figure out what it was though, but whatever it was sure made Kasumi and Ruri come to terms with each other. As I approached the stairways, I got run into by another student, and lost the track of those two. "Yo, Ushio!!"Suddenly I heard a sound of Takeshi calling me. I turn my head around to check from where he was shouting, it was coming from the rooftop door. I climbed the stairways slowly with a sense of relief, I don't know I guess I unconsciously thought of him as a friend.  

I went to through the rooftop door. As soon as I entered the rooftop, somebody just put a black bag or something to cover me up, as if I was a long awaited criminal to be caught. I was blindfolded as they removed the black cover from my head. "Hey you!!, do you have any shame following an innocent girl like that?! Huh?!!", a angry girl was shouting out loud, I didn't know if it was me she intended to or someone else was there too, but I couldn't really utter a single word. "You did a great job catching him Takeshi, thank you for helping us out, Kasumi had always believed you would help her no matter the situation", the same girl spoke, this time it was intended to Takeshi, but in a good way. Wait now, was I the one they thought was the culprit behind the things they were discussing?!. No way right, I know Takeshi would back me up, I guess that's what friends would do. It was this mindset of mine, always thinking positively. " Thank you, I can now be so much relieved to have caught the stalker, Takeshi, thank you for your help". Another girl voice softly spoke, probably Kasumi. "Ye.. yea..yeah., w..well it's n.. nothing, I am glad you are safe". Takeshi spoke in a nervous voice. Wait was I being framed here for something I haven't done?!

I could not help but get angry at Takeshi, how could he do such a thing. No wait, it wasn’t really him at fault now is he? "Now , what was your name again? Ushio right. So Ushio, if I ever see you lurking around Kasumi again, next time I will not hesitate to take you to the principal's office. Do you understand?". Ruri made an angry clear statement. I was really frightened to even talk balk, they were just taking my silence to be 'Yes', as their answer. I shouldn't be silent, I know but I can't help but get scared of the situation which had completely frozen me like a statue, I could neither speak or move.

My assumption was off, like totally off. How could I call such a person a friend?, he didn’t even give me a chance to explain, even though it was my fault for being quiet. But couldn’t he have covered for me, cause I know, he knows me from my childhood, and well for the past few weeks he had been in my near radius most of the time while going and coming from house to school. It was my misjudgment of character that had caused my own demise. To think that I have good eye for people's personalities.